Johnson & Johnson enters R&D collaboration with Intrexon

Johnson & Johnson has made moves to try and get ahead in the ever-competitive skin and hair care arenas by entering into a research and development collaboration with Intrexon Coproration.

As L’Oréal, Estee Lauder et al gear up to make 2014 their year in these fiercely competitive sectors, J&J Consumer & Personal Products Worldwide, a division of the U.S.-headquartered Consumer Company, has teamed up with the Germantown-based firm.

Intrexon Corporation is one of the leaders in synthetic biology and is focused on collaborating with companies in Health, Food, Energy and the Environment to create what is claimed to be biologically-based products that improve the quality of life and the health of the planet.

Through the company's proprietary UltraVector platform, Intrexon provides its partners with industrial-scale design and development of complex biological systems.

The UltraVector platform delivers unprecedented control over the quality, function, and performance of living cells.

Advance skin and hair care

Johnson & Johnson will be utilizing the US company to help advance new skin and hair care products.